Site Chief

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians • Cambridge, MA

12d • $507,000 - $552,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Site Chief at New England Baptist Hospital (NEBH) provides leadership and oversight for the hospital’s anesthesia services, supporting the growth and continued prominence of its musculoskeletal surgical services. Working closely with the Vice Chairman for Network Anesthesia and Chief Medical Officer, the Site Chief develops a vision and strategic plan for comprehensive, high-quality, and efficient anesthesia care. The role oversees clinical operations, staff management, quality assurance, and safe anesthesia delivery across the facility.

NEBH is an 80-bed adult medical-surgical hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, with 16 operating rooms. It specializes in tertiary-level orthopedic care and complex orthopedic and spine procedures. Its perioperative department focuses on evidence-based care, quality planning, optimal pain management, and intraoperative anesthetic care to support patient recovery.

The Site Chief leads clinical, operational, educational, quality, and safety initiatives, and works with hospital and network leaders, surgical and perioperative teams, CRNA site leaders, and department staff. The role also oversees fiscal and operational management, including growth, recruitment, and retention strategies, and fosters an inclusive workforce. The position requires at least 5–7 years of post-training clinical practice with progressive leadership experience, and expertise in regional anesthesia and perioperative pain management relevant to a high-volume orthopedic population.

The stated base pay range is $507,000–$552,000. The role may also be eligible for performance-based incentives. Eligible employees may receive health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, as well as retirement plans with employer contributions.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5–7 years of post-training clinical practice, with progressive leadership experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in regional anesthesia and perioperative pain management relevant to a high-volume orthopedic population.
• Knowledge of departmental and institutional standards.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• Ability to work successfully within a team and across multiple departments.
• Ability to communicate effectively among different organizational levels.
• Strong mentoring and leadership skills.
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems effectively and fairly.
• Sound judgment when handling confidential clinical and professional matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall clinical direction and oversight for anesthesia services across 16 operating rooms, the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU), the preoperative evaluation clinic, and acute pain services.
• Oversee care management for high-acuity and complex tertiary referral patients, including coordination of preoperative optimization and risk stratification.
• Direct departmental operations, including staffing models, call schedules, daily operating-room coverage, and staffing.
• Partner with perioperative and surgical leadership to optimize operating-room throughput, first-case on-time starts, turnover efficiency, block utilization, and case scheduling.
• Lead anesthesia quality and patient safety efforts, including peer review and adverse-event analysis.
• Establish, monitor, and report departmental quality metrics.
• Ensure compliance with The Joint Commission and specialty-society standards, as well as hospital policies on sedation, controlled substances, and medication safety.
• Lead the department’s educational mission in keeping with the institution’s status as an ACGME-accredited teaching hospital, including supervision and training of anesthesiology residents and regional anesthesia fellows.
• Lead departmental participation in institutional and executive perioperative governance and operating-room committee functions.
• Facilitate efficient daily operations in a busy, complex operating-room environment.
• Oversee safe anesthesia care and adherence to best practices and clinical guidelines.
• Promote a culture of clinical excellence, quality, and safety at NEBH.
• Act as a role model in clinical care and teaching and remain actively engaged with department members.
• Ensure site compliance with applicable regulatory standards.
• Manage site fiscal and operational matters, including growth, recruitment, and retention strategies aligned with the departmental mission, vision, and staffing model.
• Develop strategies to recruit and retain a diverse workforce and foster an inclusive community.
• Identify and resolve operational problems using defined processes, expertise, and judgment.
• Collaborate across departments to maximize quality of care, patient experience, and productivity.
• Communicate with anesthesia leadership across the network about patient care and address clinical or personnel concerns as appropriate.
• Work with hospital chiefs, administrators, and others to provide leadership, guidance, and support for administrative, clinical-resource, and quality-management initiatives.
• Drive departmental quality-improvement initiatives.
• Coordinate staff involvement in quality and patient-safety strategies.
• Provide mentorship and professional-development opportunities for staff.
• Work with CRNA site leaders to enhance the team-based clinical approach.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Retirement plan(s) with employer contributions
• Potential performance-based incentives, which may include productivity and quality bonuses

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed